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LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:27th CSTD side event: Building an economic justice playbook for WSI
 S+ 20 - An expert-led dialogue
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The event will bring together experts from civil society\, acad
 emia and research institutions to enable a wide ranging audience\, includi
 ng policymakers and advocates for global justice\, engage in a structured 
 dialogue. The session aims to generate a positive agenda for the WSIS 20 
 year review milestone in 2025.The WSIS (2003 and 2005) marked an important
  point of departure for envisioning an information society that is people-
 centred and development oriented. Yet\, twenty years into the digital epoc
 h\, we stand at a cross roads. The digital arena and its constituent arte
 facts - connectivity\, platforms\, data\, AI - are a highly contested terr
 ain\, with their gains accruing disproportionately to powerful actors in t
 he geo-economic and geo-political landscape.Questions to be addressed:How 
 can public and social value be (re)centred in the digital society?What wou
 ld it take to make issues of economic justice paramount in the WSIS+20 age
 nda?How can multilateral governance move towards longer term institutional
  frameworks commensurate with the aspirations of the majority for global d
 emocracy? &lt\;p&gt\;The event will bring together experts from civil soc
 iety\, academia and research institutions to enable a wide ranging audienc
 e\, including policymakers and advocates for global justice\, engage in a 
 structured dialogue.&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;The session aims to
  generate a positive agenda for the WSIS 20 year review milestone in 2025.
 &lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;The WSIS (2003 and 2005) marked an important point 
 of departure for envisioning an information society that is people-centred
  and development oriented. Yet\, twenty years into the digital epoch\, we 
 stand at a cross roads.&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;The digital aren
 a and its constituent artefacts - connectivity\, platforms\, data\, AI - a
 re a highly contested terrain\, with their gains accruing disproportionate
 ly to powerful actors in the geo-economic and geo-political landscape.&lt\
 ;/p&gt\;&lt\;h4&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Questions to be addressed:&lt\;/strong
 &gt\;&lt\;/h4&gt\;&lt\;ul&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;How can public and social value 
 be (re)centred in the digital society?&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;What would 
 it take to make issues of economic justice paramount in the WSIS+20 agenda
 ?&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;How can multilateral governance move towards lon
 ger term institutional frameworks commensurate with the aspirations of the
  majority for global democracy?&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;/ul&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;&amp\;
 nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeti
 ng/27th-cstd-side-event-building-economic-justice-playbook-wsis-20-expert-
 led-dialogue
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